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06
Jan
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  • apprentice jockeys
  • Chris McCarron
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  • Jose Montano
  • Kent Desormeaux
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
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  • Victor Carrasco
  • Weston Hamilton

Midlantic racing fertile ground for apprentice Eclipse Award

  • Mike Valiante / 4 years
  • 5
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More than a dozen riders based in the Mid-Atlantic have won the Eclipse Award as top apprentice, making it fertile ground, indeed.

Marz Express
30
Oct
  • Anthony Farrior
  • Charles Town Races
  • Eleanor Casey Memorial S.
  • Jose Montano
  • Marz Express
  • West Virginia horse racing

Marz Express prevails in Eleanor Casey Memorial

  • Frank Vespe / 4 years
  • 2
  • 3 min read

In a frantic finish that summed up the season, two-year-old filly Marz Express held off the closers to win the Eleanor Casey Memorial at Charles Town.

11
Mar
  • Charles Town Races
  • Jeff Runco
  • Jose Montano
  • West Virginia horse racing

Charles Town jockeys: Alternate stats

  • Frank Vespe / 10 years
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Which Charles Town jocks and trainers are having big years? Our new metric points to some you’d expect – and others flying under the radar.

Follow the Notion
17
Dec
  • Charles Town Races
  • Jose Montano
  • West Virginia horse racing

1,000th win for Jose Montano

  • Frank Vespe / 10 years
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Jockey Jose Montano earned the 1,000th win of his short career last night at Charles Town.

Monster Sleeping
14
Apr
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  • Jose Montano
  • Lucy's Bob Boy
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • Ronney Brown

Yesterday and today: April 14 racing highlights

  • The Biz / 11 years
  • 2
  • 5 min read

Yesterday and Today highlights the best of yesterday’s mid-Atlantic racing and looks ahead to today’s action.

25
Mar
  • Jose Montano
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • Ollie Figgins III

Yesterday and today: March 25 racing highlights

  • The Biz / 11 years
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  • 5 min read

Yesterday and Today highlights the best of yesterday’s mid-Atlantic racing and looks ahead to today’s action.

16
Jul
  • Charles Town Races
  • Jose Montano
  • Lucy's Bob Boy
  • West Virginia horse racing

Lucy’s Bob Boy gets back on winning track

  • The Biz / 11 years
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  • 2 min read

Given two months off between races, Charles Town stalwart Lucy’s Bob Boy returned to action last night, and he brought his “A” game.

Russell Road
20
Oct
  • Charles Town Races
  • Jose Montano
  • Lucy's Bob Boy
  • Mark Russell
  • Russell Road
  • West Virginia Breeders Classics

Russell Road leaves ’em speechless in Classic upset

  • Jeff Brammer / 12 years
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  • 5 min read

Russell Road was beaten in Saturday’s West Virginia Breeders Classic — until he found an extra gear that left his owner “speechless” and won his third Classic.

29
Apr
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  • Atlantic City Race Course
  • Celtic Katie
  • Charles Town
  • Chris Grove
  • Convoy Captain
  • Damon Dilodovico
  • Geisha S.
  • Jeff Runco
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  • Mike Geralis
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  • Pimlico
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  • Steady N Love
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RaceBrief for April 29

  • The Biz / 13 years
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One trainer gets his first career win, and another keeps on winning, while in Atlantic City, maybe the grass is greener.

18
Apr
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  • David Cora
  • Francis Abbott III
  • Handsup Moneydown
  • Jeff Runco
  • Jose Montano
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Nellie Cashman
  • Penn National
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  • Pimlico
  • Wesley Ward
  • West Virginia horse racing
  • William Otero

RaceBrief for April 18: Nellie Cashman returns

  • The Biz / 13 years
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In today’s RaceBrief, Virginia Oaks winner Nellie Cashman returns, and the national leaders in wins… well, wins.

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